Disabled Motoring UK announce inaugural award winners
Monday, September 19th, 2011
Red Wheelies
The inaugural Disabled Motoring UK award winners have been announced at a prestigious ceremony at the Goodwood Hotel, held on Friday 16th September, during the Goodwood Revival Festival.
The awards celebrates and recognises those people and organisations that have made a positive contribution to the day-to-day lives of disabled individuals or inspired them to live their lives to full, regardless of their circumstances. The Goodwood Revival Festival is the world’s most popular historic motor race meeting and the hope is that by running the awards alongside the nostalgic festival, the advancements made for disabled motorists, will be clear and will help inspire another generation of achievement.
Winners, were based around the UK, including Scotland and Northern Ireland and included motor-racing star Nicolas Hamilton, Cambridge City Council, Peatlands Park and mobility scooter display team the Red Wheelies.
Nominations for each award came from members of Disabled Motoring UK and featured a range of companies and individuals from around the UK and beyond. A team of judges from Disabled Motoring UK, the British Parking Association and Disabled Motoring UK’s marketing and events team The Lively Crew decided the winners.
Disabled Motoring UK Director of Policy and Campaigns Helen Dolphin said “We are always amazed at the dedication and achievements of our members to push the boundaries of what is perceived possible by disabled people and we are delighted to be able to formally recognise the advancements being made to improve the day-to-day lives of disabled people in the UK. We also wanted to recognise the valuable work that many organisations make towards improving their accessibility and service for disabled individuals. We know that our work is not completed however and we hope that these awards will help inspire further progress on the road to equality.”
The full list of Award Winners for 2011 is as follows:
O.A Denly Memorial Award sponsored by Unity Law
Winner – Suselle Boffey
Highly commended – Martin Symons
Mobility Sport Award sponsored by George Ide LLP
Joint winners – Calvert Trust Kielder and the Red Wheelies
Highly commended – Manchester United Disabled Supporters Association
Get Going Award sponsored by Sirus Automotive
Winner – Nicolas Hamilton
Best Parking Award sponsored by Wake Smith LLP
Winner – Cambridge City Council
Effective Enforcement Award sponsored by Warners publishing
Winner – Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
Highly commended – Blue Badge Fraud Investigation Ltd
Extra-mile Dealership Award sponsored by Fish Insurance
Highly commended - Busseys and Holden Mobility
Mobility Product award sponsored by Constables Mobility
Winner – GlamSticks
Highly commended – Trikinetic and Flexyfoot
Accessible Days Out award sponsored by the British Parking Association
Winner – Peatlands Park
Highly commended – Marwell Zoo
Happy Holidays Award sponsored by Blue Badge Fraud Investigation Ltd
Winner – Enable Holidays
Highly Commended – Access2Africa safaris
Best Accessible Accommodation Award sponsored by Chevrolet
Winner - Little Bench and Our Bench Cottages
Highly commended – Las Piedras Accessible holidays in Malaga
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- Disabled Motoring UK Awards 2011
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[...] Holden was among a host of people and organisations celebrated at the awards. Nominations were determined by the DMUK’s members and judged by an expert panel keen to recognise those who have made a positive contribution to the day-to-day lives of disabled individuals or inspired them to live their lives to full, regardless of their circumstances. For the full list of winners click here. [...]